Date archive for February, 2010
| February 28, 2010 Guide to Nonprofit MappingCommunityMapTogether, which focuses on providing GIS support to community and nonprofit organizations, has released a booklet called the ”Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping.” The 45-page PDF file reviews basic GIS concepts, provides examples of nonprofit mapping, free data sources, and provides an overview of the more commonly available low-cost and free web mapping and ... read more February 26, 2010 Yes, We’re Creatures of HabitGeographyA study that used cell phone calling records to cull location data, has concluded that human movement is predictable 93% of the time. Researchers looked at the travel patterns of frequent cell phone users (defined as calling on every every two hours) to see if they could predict their movements. Read more: Cell phones show human ... read more OrganizationsCommunity, Link LibraryJoining a GIS organization is a great way to network and to exchange ideas. There is a growing number of non-profit and industry specific groups to choose from. Browse this list to find one that meets your needs. AAG GIS GIS speciality group of the American Association of Geographers. American Congress on Surveying and Mapping Professional membership society for ... read more February 23, 2010 GPS Briefs: Number of GPS Satellites Expanding, Jamming Threat Increases, "Wakening" SunGPSThe number of GPS satellites in operation will increase over the next couple of years from 24 to 27. Driving this increase, in part, is the need for increased GPS coverage and accuracy in Afghanistan. That country’s deep valleys and steep mountainous terrain make GPS coverage spotty or non-existent in some areas, hampering the ability ... read more GPS Briefs: Number of GPS Satellites Expanding, Jamming Threat Increases, “Wakening” SunGPSThe number of GPS satellites in operation will increase over the next couple of years from 24 to 27. Driving this increase, in part, is the need for increased GPS coverage and accuracy in Afghanistan. That country’s deep valleys and steep mountainous terrain make GPS coverage spotty or non-existent in some areas, hampering the ability ... read more February 22, 2010Google Maps Car ChaseFunFor a little fun, watch this animated car chase short video which uses imagery pulled from Google Earth (the description of the video says Google Maps but clearly the opening zoom from the world down to the streets of Manhattan is pure Google Earth). The video was created by Honest which is the directing team ... read more February 19, 2010 GeoBriefs: Please Rob Me, ESRI in the Cloud, Plea for MetadataGIS NewsDutch developers created a stir with their web site “Please Rob Me” that uses information gleaned from the popular online game Foursquare to determine when people aren’t home and to post that information. Foursquare is a game that has users check-in online with their mobile phones to locations they are currently at, which allows others ... read more February 11, 2010 Update on wiki.GIS.comCommunityI received an update from Collin Welbon of ESRI who is the administrator for wiki.GIS.com, the recently launched wiki. Upon the inception of wiki.GIS.com, we did not know how many people would get onboard or if people would choose to get onboard with the wiki. Our intention is to provide a central location for all GIS-related information, ... read more February 9, 2010 GPS/GIS Boy Scout Merit Badge Dumped for Geocaching?GIS NewsAs part of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts (established on February 8, 1910), the GPS/GIS merit badge was supposed to be introduced along with three others: Inventing, Scouting, and Robotics. Now it seems that the GPS/GIS merit badge (which had been listed as approved in 2009 but still in need of have the ... read more February 8, 2010 James Fee | Profiles from the Geospatial CommunityCommunityJames Fee is well known for his popular blog that has an active participation by the geospatial community. The James Fee GIS Blog is a place to find posts that trigger discussions about many aspects of geospatial technology. Judging by the volume of comments, Mr. Fee often has his finger on the pulse of topics ... read more |
